Conferences and Events
Hosted Seminar Series
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis Seminar Series
This biweekly lecture series, featuring outside speakers whose research interests relate to those of departmental faculty, is held on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 11:00 a.m. during the academic year.
Work-in-Progress Seminar
A biweekly forum for students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty to present their research and to gain valuable feedback from colleagues at all levels is held on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at 11:00 a.m.
WIP Schedule (2nd & 4th Thursdays, 11:00 a.m.):
01/12/2023 Genetic analysis of the SND1/PRMT5 axis in hepatocellular carcinoma -Tanner Wright (Bedford Lab)
01/26/2023 Immunoglobulin repertoire profiling in immunotherapy response - Monika Zelazowska, Ph.D. (McBride Lab)
02/09/2023 Applying advanced microscopy to the spatiotemporal dissection of developmental and disease processes - Collene Jeter, Ph.D. (FCCIC and Advanced Microscopy Core)
02/23/2023 MLH3, a nuclease that has a non-enzymatic role in promoting proper DNA repair - Tolka Premkumar (Cole Lab)
03/09/2023 Conditional deletion of Usp22 in the mouse cerebellum leads to neurodegeneration, even in the absence of polyQ expansions - Lia Koutelou, Ph.D. (Dent Lab)
03/23/2023 Epigenetic regulation of platelet biogenesis by the MLL3/4 complex - Guozhen Gao, Ph.D. (Santos Lab)
04/13/2023 Ph.D. Thesis Defense*: Regulation of de novo and maintenance DNA methylation by DNMT3A and DNMT3B - Yang Zeng (Chen Lab) *Note special time 9:00 a.m.
Previously scheduled WIP (Kei-ichi Takata, Ph.D.) has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date
04/27/2023 Open
05/11/2023 Open
05/25/2023 Open
06/08/2023 Melissa Frasca (Cole Lab)
06/22/2023 Exploring the enzymatic and structural properties of the first-discovered DNA cytosine-N4 methyltransferase in Adineta vaga, a bdelloid rotifer -Jujun (Jack) Zhou, Ph.D. (Cheng Lab)
07/13/2023 Wei He, Ph.D. (Xu Lab)
07/27/2023 Somnath Paul, Ph.D. (McBride Lab)
Related Seminar Series
Graduate Program in Genetics & Epigenetics (G&E) Monthly Student Seminar Series (GEM)
Held on the second Thursday of the month at 12:00 p.m., this series is organized and presented by students from G&E labs. Most GEM seminars feature research talks by two students.
Center for Cancer Epigenetics (CCE) Seminars
Many departmental faculty members are also members of the CCE, which has historically held bi-weekly seminars on Fridays at 11:00 a.m. during the academic year.
Enjoy Science Seminar Series
The Enjoy Science seminars highlight the research of faculty across MD Anderson and is held on 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 10:00 a.m.
John H. Blaffer Lecture Series
The Blaffer Lecture series, organized by the Department of Genetics, is held on Tuesdays at 12:00 p.m. during the academic year. It features prominent researchers from a variety of fields.
Conferences & Retreats
Graduate Program in Genetics & Epigenetics (G&E) Retreat
Was held:
November 4-5, 2022
Moody Gardens, Galveston, Texas
The next G&E Retreat will be held:
October 27-28, 2023
Camp Allen, Navasota, Texas
Center for Cancer Epigenetics Annual Spring Retreat
Was held: May 12-13, 2023
Round Top Festival Institute, Round Top, Texas
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis Seminar Series Schedule, Fall 2022
Seminars will presented via Zoom, some with an in-person option and begin at 11:00 a.m., unless noted otherwise
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Title to be announced
Angela Ting, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Molecular Medicine and Assistant Professor, Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Associate Staff, Genomic Medicine Institute, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Thursday, August 25, 2022
Chronic pain as a complication of cancer treatments: New therapeutic avenues
Peter M. Grace, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair, ad interim, Department of Symptom Research, Division of Internal Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center (joint seminar of the Center for Cancer Epigenetics, the Cancer Center Support Grant program in Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics, and the Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis)
Thursday, September 8, 2022
At the cutting edge: Alternative cleavage and
polyadenylation in cancer
Shih-Han
(Peggy) Lee
Assistant Professor, Department of
Genetics, MD Anderson Cancer Center (joint seminar of the Center for
Cancer Epigenetics, the Cancer Center Support Grant program in Cancer
Genetics and Epigenetics, and the Department of Epigenetics and
Molecular Carcinogenesis)
Tuesday, September 13
Special Seminar 3 p.m.
Cohesin and chromosome segregation in oocytes: A Goldilocks scenario
Neil Hunter, Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis
Thursday, September 15
Developing next-generation immunotherapies with genome-scale screens on both sides of the immune synapse
Neville Sanjana, Ph.D.
Core Faculty Member, New York Genome Center
Associate Professor, Biology, Neuroscience and Physiology
New York University School of Medicine
Thursday, October 6
Circadian regulators protect the aging eye against retinal degeneration and oxidative stress
Vikki Weake, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biochemistry
Purdue University
Thursday, October 20
Nuclear Organization by Biomolecular Condensates
Benjamin (Ben) Sabari, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, Molecular Biology, Obstetrics and Gynecology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Thursday, November 3
Stay the course: How cells commit to finishing meiosis
Soni Lacefield, Ph.D.
Professor, Biology
Indiana University, Bloomington
Thursday, November 17
Decoding the epigenome to explore therapeutic opportunities
X. Shawn Liu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Joan & Paul Marks Assistant Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Columbia University Medical Center
Thursday, December 1
Unraveling chromatin modification and structure in gene regulation and onogenesis.
Gang (Greg) Wang, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics
Joint faculty, Pharmacology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Thursday, December 15
Novel strategies to engage androgen receptor for prostate cancer therapy
Adegboyega (Yomi) Oyelere, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Georgia Tech Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis Seminar Series Schedule, Spring 2023
Thursday, January 5
Targeting latent metastatic cells
Srinivas Malladi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pathology
UT Southwestern
Thursday, January 19
Integrative approaches to enhance cancer immune response
Shengqing (Stan) Gu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Hematopoetic Biology & Malignancy
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Thursday, February 2
DNA synthesis by DNA polymerases: Structure, fidelity control, and drug inhibition
Yang Gao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, BioSciences
CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
Rice University
Monday, February 13 - 1:30 p.m.*
Endogenous retrotransposons and the viral mimicry response during early tumorigenesis
Charles Ishak, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre - University Health Network
Toronto, Canada
*Note special day and time
Thursday, February 16
Causes and consequences of genome instability in B lymphocytes
Jacqueline Barlow, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
University of California Davis
Thursday, March 2
Regulation of chromatin structure at promoters by chromatin remodelers, modifiers and chaperones
Chhabi Govind, Ph.D.
Professor, Biological Sciences
Oakland University
Thursday, April 6
Protein arginine methylation in transcription and RNA metabolism
Yanzhong (Frankie) Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics
Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
Tuesday, April 18*
Chromatin remodelers lost in translation
Capucine Van Rechem, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pathology - Research
Stanford University
*Note special day and time
POSTPONED
Thursday, April 20
Title to be announced
Elizabeth Snyder, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Thursday, April 27
Brain Tumor Center Distinguished Lecture
Title to be announced
Joseph Costello, Ph.D.
Professor, Neurological Surgery, UCSF
Thursday, May 4
Massively parallel reporter assays to decipher variant function
Hyejung Won, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Genetics and the UNC Neuroscience Center
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Monday, May 8*
Modeling and Characterizing WOREE Syndrome: from Basic Science to Translational Medicine
Rami Aqeilan, Ph.D.
Professor, Immunolgy & Cancer Research
Lautenberg Center for Immunolgy and Cancer Research
Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem
Adjunct Professor, The Ohio State University & University of Vermont Cancer Center
*Note special day and time
Thursday, May 18
Title to be announced
Anthony
K. L. Leung, Ph.D., MBioch
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor,
School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Thursday, June 15
Title to be announced
Juan Fuxman Bass, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biology
Boston University